Named Scholarships will be awarded to exemplary recipients in the Single Parent Scholarship Fund of Northwest Arkansas (SPSFNWA) program. The families and businesses who established the scholarships will be recognized and provided this special opportunity to become acquainted with their recipient. Scholarship recipients are selected based upon the criteria set by the family or business. All recipients are low-income, single parents who are pursuing higher education as a pathway out of poverty for their families.
Prior to merging in 2021, Single Parent Scholarship Fund of NWA and Single Parent Scholarship Fund of Benton County had completed endowment and sustainability campaigns that increased long-term investments by over $6 million combined. Named Scholarships were an important piece of each of those campaigns and are now awarded annually at the Distinguished Scholars Brunch
Named scholarships are awarded annually to exemplary students in the SPSFNWA program. The families and businesses who established the named scholarships are recognized and provided the opportunity to become acquainted with their chosen recipient at the Distinguished Scholars Brunch. Named Scholarship recipients are selected based upon the criteria set by the family or business.
Alford Sherman Endowed Scholarship
Alumni Scholarship
Arvest Foundation Scholarship
Bagwell Family Endowed Scholarship
Betty Lighton Endowed Single Parent Scholarship
Bob and Diane Shaw Family Endowed Scholarship
Bognadow Daseke Endowed Scholarship
Brian and Amy Wood Scholarship
Burdette Family Endowed Scholarship
Carroll County Endowed Scholarship
Charlotte Langworthy Forsythe Endowed Scholarship
Clarence and Rebecca Archer Scholarship
Crouch, Harwell, Fryar & Ferner, PLLC Endowed Scholarship
David Longer Endowed Scholarship
David and Stacy Ortiz Scholarship
Dennis and Evelyn Shaw Endowed Scholarship
Denton and Cathy Cole Seilhan Scholarship
Diana Ruth Griscom Endowed Scholarship
Diane Blair Memorial Scholarship
Dick Forsythe Endowed Scholarship
Don White Scholarship
Donald L. Neal Endowed Scholarship
Duke Family Endowed Scholarship
Elaine M. Longer Endowed Scholarship
First Security Bank Endowed Scholarship
Forsythe Family Endowed Scholarship
Founders Scholarship
Franco Family Endowed Single Parent Scholarship
Frank Johnson Endowed Scholarship
Furst Family Endowed Scholarship
Garrison Asset Management Endowed Scholarship
Gene and Susan Anderson Endowed Scholarship
Greenwood Gearhart Endowed Single Parent Scholarship
Greenwood Gearhart Scholarship
Gretchen Longer Endowed Scholarship
H. Norman Ervin Memorial Scholarship
Hannah and Greg Lee Endowed Scholarship
Hershey and Denise Garner Endowed Scholarship
Jack and Anne Lebert Scholarship
Jack and Anne Lebert Scholarship
Jack and Anne Lebert Scholarship
James Burton Blair Family Foundation Endowed Scholarship
James Sanford Endowed Scholarship
Janet and Luke Parsch Endowed Scholarship
Jenkins Family Scholarship
Jim and Susan von Gremp Scholarship
Jo Soderquist Scholarship
John and Evie Tate Scholarship
John and Evie Tate Scholarship
Kathy O’Kelley Endowed Scholarship
Kelly Endowed Scholarship
LaDeana Kae Duncan Alumna Scholarship
Longer Family Endowed Scholarship
Madison County Endowed Scholarship
Martha Rose Scholarship
Martha Rose Scholarship
Martha Rose Scholarship
Martha Rose Scholarship
Martha Rose Scholarship
Martha Rose Scholarship
Mathews Management Co., Inc./dba McDonald’s Restaurants Scholarship
Parks Family Endowed Scholarship
Parsch Family Endowed Scholarship
Pay It Forward Scholarship
Program Builders Scholarship
Rebecca Trammel Scholarship
Richard F. Cooper Endowed Scholarship
Rodney and Arlene Alford Scholarship
Ross Pendergraft Endowed Scholarship
Sandra K. Martin Endowed Scholarship
Short-Coan Family Endowed Scholarship
Taylor Family Scholarship
Tyson Foods Endowed Scholarship
Vail Family Endowed Scholarship
Waggoner Cunningham Endowed Scholarship
Washington Regional Medical Center Endowed Scholarship
Whitaker Family Endowed Scholarship
Willard and Pat Walker Endowed Single Parent Scholarship
Windgate Foundation Endowed Scholarship
